Use spray parks, not fountains, to beat the heat

Steve Lampone gives an emphatic answer when asked whether kids may play in Kansas City’s many fountains during hot spells — like the steaming weather forecast this week. “Oh, no, not at all,” says Lampone, deputy director of the Parks and Recreation Department

Steve Lampone gives an emphatic answer when asked whether kids may play in Kansas City’s many fountains during hot spells — like the steaming weather forecast this week. “Oh, no, not at all,” says Lampone, deputy director of the Parks and Recreation Department. He ticks off the excellent reasons children ...